Clear, accessible guide requires little prior knowledge and considers just two topics: paraxial imaging and polarization. Lucid discussions of paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, optical resonators and laser beam propagation, matrices in polarization optics and propagation of light through crystals, much more. 60 illustrations. Appendixes. Bibliography.
| ISBN: | 9780486680446 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
| Author: | A Gerrard, J M Burch |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 355 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Physics |
| Genres: |
Optical physics |